partitioned HDD desktop icons

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partitioned HDD desktop icons

My internal iMac HDD is partitioned into 3 volumes. Is there a way to have ONLY the startup disk volume icon show up on my desktop ?

iMac G4, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 15" .7GHz , 17" 1.25GHz ,and 20" 1.25GHz

Posted on Jul 10, 2010 7:35 PM

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Niel

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Jul 10, 2010 7:37 PM in response to eeret

Make an alias to that item, open the Finder's preferences, and set it not to show the drives.

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Jul 10, 2010 7:44 PM in response to Niel

If I do that and then boot from one of the other volumes the new startup disk volume icon won't show up. Right ?

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Niel

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Jul 10, 2010 7:49 PM in response to eeret

If I do that and then boot from one of the other volumes the new startup disk volume icon won't show up. Right ?

Wrong. The desktop and settings for each OS are stored separately unless two or more OSes have been set to use a single home folder. This needs to be done for each home folder available to the computer.

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Jul 10, 2010 7:59 PM in response to Niel

Are you saying to make aliai (plural?) for each partitioned volume when they are the active startup volume ? if I'm understanding you , I tell finder "show drives',make alias, then don't show drives for each volume and then leave finder "don't show drives ?

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Jul 10, 2010 8:01 PM in response to eeret

if I'm understanding you , I tell finder "show drives',make alias, then don't show drives for each volume and then leave finder "don't show drives ?

Yes.

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Jul 10, 2010 8:03 PM in response to Niel

Got it, Thanks

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Jul 10, 2010 8:15 PM in response to Niel

Maybe I didn't get it,if I make an aiias of each HDD volume and then check "don't show drives" , I have 3 volume alias icons on my desktop.

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Jul 10, 2010 8:21 PM in response to eeret

I guess I didn't understand,if I make an aiias of each HDD volume and then check "don't show drives" , I have 3 volume alias icons on my desktop.

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Niel

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Jul 10, 2010 8:22 PM in response to eeret

You need to change startup drives between each run. The aliases can just be copied between drives, but the Finder's preference setting can't be.

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Jul 10, 2010 8:32 PM in response to Niel

Sorry for being so dense. I boot from vol#1,make alias of vol#1 icon then boot from vol#2,make an alias of vol#2 icon...etc then tell finder don't show disks and then when I switch startup volumes only the active startup volume alias icon will show up on the desktop?

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Niel

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Jul 10, 2010 8:33 PM in response to eeret

Yes.

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Jul 10, 2010 8:51 PM in response to eeret

Thanks again Niel,all I have to do now is remember the finder setting when I plug in my external drives and they don't show up.

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